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From: | Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
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To: | djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: | ANNOUNCE: release 2 of the DJGPP port of GNU Diffutils 3.2 uploaded.
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Date: | Wed, 9 May 2012 18:41:36 +0200
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This is release 2 of the port of GNU Diffutils version 3.2 to MSDOS/DJGPP.
Diffutils are a collection of programs for finding differences
between files:
* diff -- displays differences between 2 files line by line;
* diff3 -- displays differences between 3 files (usually, 2 files
and their common ancestor);
* sdiff -- displays differences between 2 files side by side, and
allows to merge between them interactively;
* cmp -- displays differences between 2 binary files byte by byte.
The documentation of the package includes, in addition to the four
programs mentioned above, also the manual for the Patch utility.
DJGPP specific changes.
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- This port fixes a bug in cmp.exe and diff.exe. Those programs were not
able to switch into binary mode. This has been fixed using the SET_BINARY
macro provided by gnulib. Thanks to Eli Zaretskii for calling my attention
to this issue.
Because the old port was brocken I have removed it.
- To be able to build this port you will need to have LFN support.
As usual, all djgpp specific files (config.bat, diffs, README files, etc.)
are located in the /djgpp directory.
The source package is now distributed configured for both DJGPP 2.03 and
DJGPP 2.04. In the top srcdir there is a "_build.203" directory and a
"_build.204" directory.
Please note that the test suite does not work at all. This is not a port
issue. I still have not figured out if this is a bash or a make issue.
Please also note that there is a /ms directory that contains files that are
part of the official FSF diffutils distribution. I have inspected those files
but I have never used them nor I have plans to change this in the future.
Due to the massive use of gnulib code it is no longer possible to compile the
official FSF distribution out-of-the-box. So I will neither try to use those
files nor to keep them up to date. I will only use my own ones. If someone
else would like to keep those files up to date it will be OK with me.
For further information about GNU diffutils please read the info docs and
NEWS file.
The port has been compiled using stock djdev203 (patchlevel 2) and consists
of the usual three packages that can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com and
mirrors as (timestamp 2012-05-08):
GNU Diffutils 3.2 binary, info and man format documentation:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/dif32br2.zip
GNU Diffutils 3.2 dvi, html and ps format documentation:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/dif32dr2.zip
GNU Diffutils 3.2 source:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/dif32sr2.zip
The binaries have been produced a second time using the stock version of
djdev204 beta library. This package is available at ftp.delorie.com and
mirrors as (timestamp 2012-05-08):
GNU Diffutils 3.2 binary, info and man format documentation:
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/dif32br2.zip
Send Diffutils specific bug reports to <bug-diffutils AT gnu DOT org>.
Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port
to comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.
Enjoy.
Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
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